alveolare
See also: Alveolare
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).
Noun edit
alveolare
- The lowest point on the septum between the central incisors of the upper jaw.
- 1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21:
- Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.
- 1983, R. E. Herron, Biostereometrics '82: August 24-27, 1982, San Diego, California, page 335:
- This growth has the net effect of displacing the midfacial orbital bloc posterosuperiorly relative to the alveolare-spenoccipital axis.
- 1988, D. Gentry Steele, Claud A. Bramblett, The Anatomy and Biology of the Human Skeleton, page 68:
- This point is slightly superior to the alveolare.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
alveolare
- inflection of alveolar:
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From alveolo (“alveolus”) + -are (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin alveolus (“small cavity”), derived from alveus (“hollow, cavity”), from alvus (“belly, womb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
alveolare (plural alveolari)
- (anatomy, botany) alveolar, alveolate
- (phonetics) alveolar (articulated with the tongue against the upper alveolar ridge)
Noun edit
alveolare f (plural alveolari)
- an alveolar speech sound